Question 1

If you were asked to come up with a synonym for the word diverse, you would attempt to retrieve the relevant information from your __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic 
B)  episodic 
C)  inherent 
D)  working 
E)  implicit 
A)  semantic 
B)  episodic 
C)  inherent 
D)  working 
E)  implicit

Question 2

Expert chess or hockey players may remember positions during a game more easily than novice players because of organizational rules stored in long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Practicing or rehearsing information is known as __________ processing.

Accepted Answer

A)  effortful 
B)  automatic 
C)  information 
D)  meaningful 
E)  deep 
A)  effortful 
B)  automatic 
C)  information 
D)  meaningful 
E)  deep

Question 4

One discovery from animal research was specialized pyramidal cells in the hippocampus that respond to particular locations. These cells are called

Accepted Answer

A)  place cells 
B)  locator neurons 
C)  spatial cells 
D)  basal ganglia 
E)  visuo-motor cells 
A)  place cells 
B)  locator neurons 
C)  spatial cells 
D)  basal ganglia 
E)  visuo-motor cells

Question 5

Your favourite singer has just stopped singing and for a couple of second you can still hear his voice exactly as he sang the last line. Which type of memory is in operation here?

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic 
B)  iconic 
C)  short-term 
D)  episodic 
E)  sensory 
A)  semantic 
B)  iconic 
C)  short-term 
D)  episodic 
E)  sensory

Question 6

If you have an accident and suffer from retrograde amnesia, you wont be able to remember information presented after the accident.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Lee has been studying all night. First she studied psychology and then she studied sociology. Later, when she was taking a practice quiz over her sociology, she had a difficult time recalling anything but psychology terms. Lee's recall for sociology was impaired by

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive interference. 
B)  retroactive interference. 
C)  decay. 
D)  motivated forgetting. 
E)  anterograde amnesia. 
A)  proactive interference. 
B)  retroactive interference. 
C)  decay. 
D)  motivated forgetting. 
E)  anterograde amnesia.

Question 8

I broke my leg as a child. My memory of that event is part of my semantic memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

__________ genes can be activated in the presence of chemicals that inhibit the synthesis of proteins.

Accepted Answer

A)  Immediate-early 
B)  Inactivated-event 
C)  Illusory-amnesia 
D)  Initiation-encoding 
E)  Induction-event 
A)  Immediate-early 
B)  Inactivated-event 
C)  Illusory-amnesia 
D)  Initiation-encoding 
E)  Induction-event

Question 10

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

Accepted Answer

A)  occurs about twice a week. 
B)  is more frequent among younger people than older people. 
C)  often involves adjectives and adverbs. 
D)  is solved about half of the time. 
E)  rarely involves proper names. 
A)  occurs about twice a week. 
B)  is more frequent among younger people than older people. 
C)  often involves adjectives and adverbs. 
D)  is solved about half of the time. 
E)  rarely involves proper names.

Question 11

In their research, Peterson and Peterson showed that recall of information in short-term memory drops to about zero after a delay of __________ seconds between presentation of information and the request to recall that information.

Accepted Answer

A)  6-8 
B)  9-12 
C)  12-14 
D)  15-18 
E)  more than 30 
A)  6-8 
B)  9-12 
C)  12-14 
D)  15-18 
E)  more than 30

Question 12

Based on Shepard and Metzler's research, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humans are not very accurate in judging whether pairs of geometrical patterns are the same or different. 
B)  Decision times decreased when one of the shapes was rotated. 
C)  The rotation of one of the shapes produced more correct answers than rotation of the other shape. 
D)  As the degree of rotation of the shapes increased, so did the amount of time required by subjects to render a decision. 
E)  The degree of rotation had no effect on the amount of time subjects required to render a decision about the similarity of pairs of shapes. 
A)  Humans are not very accurate in judging whether pairs of geometrical patterns are the same or different. 
B)  Decision times decreased when one of the shapes was rotated. 
C)  The rotation of one of the shapes produced more correct answers than rotation of the other shape. 
D)  As the degree of rotation of the shapes increased, so did the amount of time required by subjects to render a decision. 
E)  The degree of rotation had no effect on the amount of time subjects required to render a decision about the similarity of pairs of shapes.

Question 13

According to Miller, the capacity of short-term memory is roughly __________ items +/- 2.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  5 
C)  7 
D)  9 
E)  12 
A)  3 
B)  5 
C)  7 
D)  9 
E)  12

Question 14

When Sperling's subjects were asked to recall as many of the 9 consonants as they could, how many did they typically recall?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 or 3 
B)  4 or 5 
C)  7 or 8 
D)  all 9 
E)  none 
A)  2 or 3 
B)  4 or 5 
C)  7 or 8 
D)  all 9 
E)  none

Question 15

Memories of which we are aware are called __________ memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit 
B)  explicit 
C)  procedural 
D)  semantic 
E)  non-repressed 
A)  implicit 
B)  explicit 
C)  procedural 
D)  semantic 
E)  non-repressed

Question 16

Carlos saw a horse in a pasture. The image he has of the horse in his visual working memory

Accepted Answer

A)  is just like a photograph of the horse. 
B)  is a combination of his version of a prototypical horse and the specific details of this particular horse. 
C)  lacks the specific details of this particular horse. 
D)  is limited by his ability to encode the image of this particular horse in precise words. 
E)  is upside-down and reversed. 
A)  is just like a photograph of the horse. 
B)  is a combination of his version of a prototypical horse and the specific details of this particular horse. 
C)  lacks the specific details of this particular horse. 
D)  is limited by his ability to encode the image of this particular horse in precise words. 
E)  is upside-down and reversed.

Question 17

Implicit memory is to __________ memory as explicit memory is to __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative; procedural 
B)  episodic; semantic 
C)  reconstructive; episodic 
D)  procedural; declarative 
E)  procedural; semantic 
A)  declarative; procedural 
B)  episodic; semantic 
C)  reconstructive; episodic 
D)  procedural; declarative 
E)  procedural; semantic

Question 18

Among Schacter's seven 'sins' or deficiencies of memory, which of the following is a sin of omission:

Accepted Answer

A)  transience. 
B)  misattribution. 
C)  suggestibility. 
D)  bias. 
E)  persistence. 
A)  transience. 
B)  misattribution. 
C)  suggestibility. 
D)  bias. 
E)  persistence.

Question 19

The inability to form new long-term memories that occur AFTER the time of brain damage is called __________ amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A)  conduction 
B)  retrograde 
C)  phonological 
D)  anterograde 
E)  organic 
A)  conduction 
B)  retrograde 
C)  phonological 
D)  anterograde 
E)  organic

Question 20

Automatic processing is to __________ as effortful processing is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  difficult; easy 
B)  remembering the name of a close friend; textbook learning 
C)  frequency, place, and time; shallow and deep processing 
D)  remembering your name; remembering the capital of Zimbabwe 
E)  all of the above 
A)  difficult; easy 
B)  remembering the name of a close friend; textbook learning 
C)  frequency, place, and time; shallow and deep processing 
D)  remembering your name; remembering the capital of Zimbabwe 
E)  all of the above

If you were asked to come up with a synonym for the word diverse, you would attempt to retrieve the relevant information from your __________ memory.

Expert chess or hockey players may remember positions during a game more easily than novice players because of organizational rules stored in long-term memory.

Practicing or rehearsing information is known as __________ processing.

One discovery from animal research was specialized pyramidal cells in the hippocampus that respond to particular locations. These cells are called

Your favourite singer has just stopped singing and for a couple of second you can still hear his voice exactly as he sang the last line. Which type of memory is in operation here?

If you have an accident and suffer from retrograde amnesia, you wont be able to remember information presented after the accident.

Lee has been studying all night. First she studied psychology and then she studied sociology. Later, when she was taking a practice quiz over her sociology, she had a difficult time recalling anything but psychology terms. Lee's recall for sociology was impaired by

I broke my leg as a child. My memory of that event is part of my semantic memory.

__________ genes can be activated in the presence of chemicals that inhibit the synthesis of proteins.

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

In their research, Peterson and Peterson showed that recall of information in short-term memory drops to about zero after a delay of __________ seconds between presentation of information and the request to recall that information.

Based on Shepard and Metzler's research, which of the following statements is TRUE?

According to Miller, the capacity of short-term memory is roughly __________ items +/- 2.

When Sperling's subjects were asked to recall as many of the 9 consonants as they could, how many did they typically recall?

Memories of which we are aware are called __________ memories.

Carlos saw a horse in a pasture. The image he has of the horse in his visual working memory

Implicit memory is to memory as explicit memory is to memory.

Among Schacter's seven 'sins' or deficiencies of memory, which of the following is a sin of omission:

The inability to form new long-term memories that occur AFTER the time of brain damage is called __________ amnesia.

Automatic processing is to as effortful processing is to .

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If you were asked to come up with a synonym for the word diverse, you would attempt to retrieve the relevant information from your __________ memory.

Expert chess or hockey players may remember positions during a game more easily than novice players because of organizational rules stored in long-term memory.

Practicing or rehearsing information is known as __________ processing.

One discovery from animal research was specialized pyramidal cells in the hippocampus that respond to particular locations. These cells are called

Your favourite singer has just stopped singing and for a couple of second you can still hear his voice exactly as he sang the last line. Which type of memory is in operation here?

If you have an accident and suffer from retrograde amnesia, you wont be able to remember information presented after the accident.

Lee has been studying all night. First she studied psychology and then she studied sociology. Later, when she was taking a practice quiz over her sociology, she had a difficult time recalling anything but psychology terms. Lee's recall for sociology was impaired by

I broke my leg as a child. My memory of that event is part of my semantic memory.

__________ genes can be activated in the presence of chemicals that inhibit the synthesis of proteins.

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

In their research, Peterson and Peterson showed that recall of information in short-term memory drops to about zero after a delay of __________ seconds between presentation of information and the request to recall that information.

Based on Shepard and Metzler's research, which of the following statements is TRUE?

According to Miller, the capacity of short-term memory is roughly __________ items +/- 2.

When Sperling's subjects were asked to recall as many of the 9 consonants as they could, how many did they typically recall?

Memories of which we are aware are called __________ memories.

Carlos saw a horse in a pasture. The image he has of the horse in his visual working memory

Implicit memory is to __________ memory as explicit memory is to __________ memory.

Among Schacter's seven 'sins' or deficiencies of memory, which of the following is a sin of omission:

The inability to form new long-term memories that occur AFTER the time of brain damage is called __________ amnesia.

Automatic processing is to __________ as effortful processing is to __________.

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The Ways and Means of Psychology

Evolution, Heredity, and Behaviour

Biology of Behaviour

Sensation

Perception

Learning and Behaviour

Consciousness

Language

Intelligence and Thinking

Lifespan Development

Motivation and Emotion

Personality

Social Psychology

Lifestyle, Stress, and Health

The Nature and Causes of Psychological Disorders

The Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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Implicit memory is to memory as explicit memory is to memory.

Automatic processing is to as effortful processing is to .